Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?

Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a common malignancy amongst the elderly. BCC rarely metastasises, and fewer than 300 cases of metastatic BCC have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of sequentially developed BCCs located adjacent to each other. We discuss that these BCCs...

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Main Authors: Yuichiro Endo, Yoshiki Miyachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/637292
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spelling doaj-c14b3a9ff3124c3fa18ad45e02a9c7eb2020-11-24T23:05:17ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712015-01-01201510.1155/2015/637292637292Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?Yuichiro Endo0Yoshiki Miyachi1Department of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, JapanDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, JapanCutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a common malignancy amongst the elderly. BCC rarely metastasises, and fewer than 300 cases of metastatic BCC have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of sequentially developed BCCs located adjacent to each other. We discuss that these BCCs were considered to have developed independently rather than due to metastasis, after referencing previous studies on metastatic BCC.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/637292
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Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?
Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
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title Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?
title_short Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?
title_full Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?
title_fullStr Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?
title_full_unstemmed Two Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Axillae: A Metastasis or an Independent Development?
title_sort two basal cell carcinomas of the axillae: a metastasis or an independent development?
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
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2090-6471
publishDate 2015-01-01
description Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a common malignancy amongst the elderly. BCC rarely metastasises, and fewer than 300 cases of metastatic BCC have been reported in the literature. Here, we report a case of sequentially developed BCCs located adjacent to each other. We discuss that these BCCs were considered to have developed independently rather than due to metastasis, after referencing previous studies on metastatic BCC.
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